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SPORTS Saturday, May 21, 2016 East Oregonian Page 3B ATHENA Lambert stays perfect as TigerScots win district title Weston-McEwen senior dominates Vale in circle and at plate East Oregonian It seemed Jessica Lambert could do no wrong for the Weston-McEwen TigerScots as they downed Vale 10-0 in six innings in the Eastern Oregon League district championship on Friday. The senior pitched a perfect game with 10 strikeouts and batted 3 for 3 with four RBIs, including a walk-off double in the sixth inning that brought her freshman sister Jordyn Lambert in to score and initi- ated the 10-run mercy rule. “It takes a whole team effort but Jess was stellar,” said Weston-McEwen coach Jeff Griggs. “I’m not sure today that we played our best game, but that was a pretty good game.” Vale (19-8) committed all three of its errors in the inal two innings, a span that also produced eight of the TigerScots’ 10 hits as they blew open a 2-0 ballgame. Weston-McE- wen’s Jessi- ca Lambert smiles as she heads into the dugout after retiring the Vale Vikings in the ifth inning of their district champion- ship softball game on Friday in Athena. Softball Vale Weston-McE. 0 10 Griggs said the TigerScots came in champing at the bit after watching Vale beat Echo 5-4 in the semiinals. “It was kind of like a racehorse at the starting line. We were pretty pepped up, almost overly,” he said. “We settled down pretty fast and the girls went to work and we did what we needed to do.” Weston-McEwen (18-4) took the lead in the bottom of the irst inning when Bailey Hillmick grounded out to drive in Isabelle Dillow, who had reached on a double and then took third on a passed ball. Hillmick then scored in the third to make it 2-0 on Jessica Lambert’s single to center ield. The top of the order came up to start the ifth for the TigerScots, and each of the irst three batters hit singles to load the bases for Lambert, who hit a two-RBI double on a line drive to center. An error in the ield Staff photo by Matt Entrup and a sacriice ly by Amie Coffman put two more runs across in the frame to make it 6-0. A pair of singles and an error loaded the bases again in the bottom of the seventh. Jordyn Lambert then hit a hard line drive to center that wasn’t ielded cleanly, and Hillmick scored all the way from irst when she slid in just under the tag at home plate to make it 9-0. Hillmick scored three runs in the game, Dillow batted 3 for 4 with three runs, and Jordyn Lambert was 2 for 4 with two runs and one RBI. The win gives the Tiger- Scots the district title in their irst season competing in the EOL. “Beating Vale, winning the EOL, winning districts … those are all things the girls wanted to do,” Griggs said. “I feel like our girls have been making contin- uous improvement since we started. We had a quite a bit of potential, but I think we’re starting to realize some of that hard work and we’re a far better team today than we were two weeks ago.” State playoff match-ups will be determined by OSAA ranking, where the Tiger- Scots held the No. 4 spot at press time. First-round state playoff games will be played Wednesday, May 25. ——— R H E VHS 000 000 — 0 0 3 W-M 101 044 — 10 10 0 W — Je. Lambert. L — K. Hawley. 2B — I. Dillow, Je. Lambert 2 (W-M). VALE 5, ECHO 4 — At Athena, Kelsey Hawley struck out her ninth batter of the game with the tying run on second base in the top of the seventh inning as the Vale Viking held on to beat the Echo Cougars in the Eastern Oregon League district semiinals on Friday. Vale’s Hannah Mizuta hit a solo home run in the bottom of the irst inning to tie the game 1-1, but the rest of the Vikings’ runs were unearned. Echo committed ive errors behind pitcher MacK- enzie Gonzales, who allowed 10 hits but also struck out eight and walked one. Hawley inished with six hits allowed, nine strikeouts and seven walks. Leading Echo at the plate were Cheyenne Hilliard (2 for 3, RBI, run) and Bethanie Milbrodt (2 for 4, RBI, run). Both No. 8 Vale (19-8) and No. 9 Echo (19-8) had already secured state playoff berths, and will be slotted in the 16-team OSAA bracket based on ranking. First- round games will be played Wednesday, May 25. ——— R H E EHS 110 100 1 — 4 7 5 VHS 120 011 X — 5 10 2 W — K. Hawley. L — M. Gonzales. 2B — H. Mizuta (VHS). 3B — C. Hilliard (EHS). HR — H. Mizuta (VHS). STANFIELD Grogan no-hits Nyssa, leads Stanield to district title Baseball Tigers pitcher strikes out 10, hits home run East Oregonian Contributed photo courtesy of Katie Johnson Stanield pitcher Dylan Grogan watches the ball zip toward home plate against Nyssa on Friday in the Eastern Oregon League base- ball district championship in Stanield. Grogan pitched a perfect game and Stanield won 14-0 in ive innings. #notforsale The Nyssa Bulldogs had a runner on base for all of one pitch Friday as Stanield pitcher Dylan Grogan threw a nearly-perfect no-hitter to lift the Tigers to the district title at Madigan Field. Grogan struck out 10 of the 15 batters he faced and also hit a home run as Stanield pounded Nyssa 14-0 in ive innings. The junior righty got a pair of strikeouts and a groundout back to the mound to put the Bulldogs (14-15) away in the irst, then put the Tigers (25-2) on the board with a two-run home run after Tony Flores Nyssa Stanield 0 14 reached on an error — one of eight for the Bulldogs in the game. Ryan Bailey and Brody Woods followed with a single and double, respectively, and Bailey then scored from third on a balk by Nyssa starter Roman Melendez. Woods came off the bags shortly thereafter when he scored on an error off an Adrian Renner grounder. Renner moved himself to third and then scored on Jason Fitzpatrick’s irst of two doubles to make it 5-0. Stanield tacked on runs in every inning but the ifth, and ive players inished with two RBIs: Grogan (1 for 2), Flores (2 for 4), Renner (0 for 3), Fitzpatrick (2 for 3) and Curiel (2 for 3). Woods (2 for 2) scored a team-high three runs. Melendez left after 1 2-3 and allowed nine runs (four earned) on eight hits. Reliever Andres Gonzalez allowed ive runs (one earned) on two hits. They combined for two strikeouts and four walks, and Gonzalez hit two batters. Nyssa got its only baserunner in the third inning when Alex Martinez reached irst after a dropped third strike. Grogan picked him off right away, though, and then struck out the next batter to end the inning. ——— R H E NHS 000 00 — 0 0 8 SHS 631 4X — 14 10 0 W — D. Grogan. L — R. Melendez. 2B —Woods, Fitzpatrick 2 (SHS). HR — D. Grogan Mariners score eight runs on Reds bullpen to rally for win By JOE KAY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — To get ready for their inter- league series, the Seattle Mariners read the scouting reports about Cincinnati’s bullpen and how it’s prone to giving up runs and leads. The irst game followed the script. Dae-Ho Lee’s bases- loaded single completed Seattle’s late rally against the major leagues’ worst bullpen on Friday night, and he later added a solo homer as the Mariners pulled away to an 8-3 victory over the Reds. “They’ve struggled, no doubt,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “You look at the scouting reports coming in. They’ve had a lot of injuries.” Seattle opened a weekend dedicated to Ken Griffey Jr. by getting four runs in the seventh inning against a bullpen that has blown 10 of its 14 save chances. Overall, the Mariners piled up seven runs and two homers against Reds relievers over the last three innings. “We’re having too many problems inding that magic potion to inish the ninth,” manager Bryan Price said. Blake Wood (3-1) relieved in the seventh and loaded the bases on two singles and a walk. Wood walked Seth Smith to force in a run, and Tony Cingrani came on and hit Robinson Cano with town team, MLB his irst pitch which is to tie it. Lee’s honoring his pinch-hit career this single with weekend. Seattle Cincinnati two outs He will be knocked in inducted into the go-ahead b a s e b a l l ’s runs. Hall of Fame this summer. Nelson Cruz and Lee Junior’s irst team homered in the ninth off improved to 11-2 all-time Jumbo Diaz, the 35th and against the Reds. Seattle is 36th homers allowed by an AL-best 16-7 on the road. Reds relievers this season. The Reds have lost ive It was Cruz’s 250th career straight and 10 of 12, done homer. in by a rotation that can’t Hisashi Iwakuma (2-4) get deep into a game and a gave up three runs in six bullpen that gives up runs innings, including Zack nearly every game. They Cozart’s solo homer. have been outscored 51-19 Griffey grew up in in the last ive games. Cincinnati and became a star The start of the game with the Mariners before was delayed by 45 minutes being traded to his home- because of rain, which 8 3 threw Iwakuma out of sync. “Today was a different game,” he said, through a translator. “We didn’t know what time we were going to play. I didn’t get as much time to get ready. It threw me off my routine.” Brandon Phillips snapped an 0-for-11 slump with an RBI double in the irst inning. Cozart led off the third with a homer, and Tucker Barnhart singled home another run in the fourth. Reds starter Dan Straily didn’t allow a run until Kyle Seager’s RBI double made it 3-1 in the sixth. Only two Reds starters have gone seven innings this season, compounding the bullpen’s problems. The Mariners got at least one runner aboard in all but one inning. Reds pitchers have gone 46 innings in the last ive games and retired the side in order only seven times. UP NEXT Mariners: Felix Hernandez (3-3) will make his second career appear- ance against the Reds. On June 19, 2010, he got his ninth career complete game by throwing a ive-hitter and allowing one run. Reds: LHP John Lamb (0-1) is coming off a 15-6 loss in Cleveland on Monday, when he gave up seven runs in four innings. The Reds lost all of his three starts this season. SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP BASEBALL Today Weston-McEwen vs. Pilot Rock (at Bob White Field, Pendleton), 10 a.m. PREP SOFTBALL Today Irrigon vs. Union (Special District 6 playoff game, at Pilot Rock), 11 a.m. Pilot Rock vs. TBD (Special District 6 title game, at Pilot Rock), 1 p.m. PREP TRACK & FIELD Today 5A/4A State Championship (at Hayward Field, Eugene), 9:30 a.m. PREP RUGBY Today East Oregon Sasquatch vs. Valley Rams (Bowl Finals at Lents Park, Portland), Noon Basketball NBA Playoff Glance CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Cleveland 2, Toronto 0 Tuesday, May 17: Cleveland 115, Toronto 84 Thursday: Cleveland 108, Toronto 89 Today: Cleveland at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Monday: Cleveland at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) WESTERN CONFERENCE Oklahoma City 1, Golden State 1 Monday, May 16: Oklahoma City 108, Golden State 102 Wednesday, May 18: Golden State 118, Oklahoma City 91 Sunday: Golden State at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. (TNT) Tuesday: Golden State at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. (TNT) WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 2 0 1.000 — Indiana 2 1 .667 ½ Atlanta 1 1 .500 1 Chicago 1 1 .500 1 Connecticut 1 1 .500 1 Washington 0 3 .000 2½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Los Angeles 2 0 1.000 — Minnesota 2 0 1.000 — Dallas 2 1 .667 ½ Seattle 1 1 .500 1 San Antonio 0 2 .000 2 Phoenix 0 3 .000 2½ ——— Friday’s Games Los Angeles 97, Washington 67 Indiana 94, Atlanta 85 Seattle 81, Phoenix 80 Today’s Games Los Angeles at New York, 3 p.m. Washington at Connecticut, 4 p.m. San Antonio at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Chicago at Atlanta, Noon Minnesota at Seattle, 4 p.m. Hockey NHL Playoff Glance CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh 2, Tampa Bay 2 Friday, May 13: Tampa Bay 3, Pittsburgh 1 Monday, May 16: Pittsburgh 3, Tampa Bay 2, OT Wednesday, May 18: Pittsburgh 4, Tampa Bay 2 Friday: Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 3 Sunday: Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. (NBCSN) WESTERN CONFERENCE San Jose 2, St. Louis 1 Sunday, May 15: St. Louis 2, San Jose 1 Tuesday, May 17: San Jose 4, St. Louis 0 Thursday: San Jose 3, St. Louis 0 Today: St. Louis at San Jose, 4:15 p.m. (NBC) Monday: San Jose at St. Louis, 5 p.m. (NBCSN) Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 25 15 .625 — Boston 25 17 .595 1 Tampa Bay 20 19 .513 4½ Toronto 21 23 .477 6 New York 19 22 .463 6½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 25 17 .595 — Cleveland 22 17 .564 1½ Kansas City 21 20 .512 3½ Detroit 19 22 .463 5½ Minnesota 10 31 .244 14½ West Division W L Pct GB Seattle 24 17 .585 — Texas 23 19 .548 1½ Los Angeles 19 23 .452 5½ Oakland 19 24 .442 6 Houston 17 26 .395 8 ——— Friday’s Games Cleveland 4, Boston 2 Seattle 8, Cincinnati 3 Tampa Bay 7, Detroit 5 Kansas City 4, Chicago White Sox 1 Texas 2, Houston 1 Toronto 9, Minnesota 3 N.Y. Yankees 8, Oakland 3 Baltimore 9, L.A. Angels 4 Saturday’s Games Kansas City (Duffy 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 0-0), 11:10 a.m. Toronto (Happ 5-1) at Minnesota (Dean 0-1), 11:10 a.m. Cleveland (Bauer 3-1) at Boston (Kelly 1-0), 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 1-0) at Oakland (Manaea 1-1), 1:05 p.m. Seattle (Hernandez 3-3) at Cincinnati (Lamb 0-1), 1:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Smyly 2-4) at Detroit (Fulmer 2-1), 1:10 p.m. Texas (Ramos 0-2) at Houston (Fiers 3-1), 4:15 p.m. Baltimore (Gausman 0-1) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 2-5), 7:05 p.m. Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay at Detroit, 10:08 a.m. Seattle at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m. Cleveland at Boston, 10:35 a.m. Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 11:10 a.m. Texas at Houston, 11:10 a.m. Toronto at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 12:35 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Washington 26 16 .619 — Philadelphia 24 18 .571 2 New York 23 18 .561 2½ Miami 21 20 .512 4½ Atlanta 11 30 .268 14½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 29 11 .725 — Pittsburgh 23 18 .561 6½ St. Louis 22 20 .524 8 Milwaukee 18 24 .429 12 Cincinnati 15 27 .357 15 West Division W L Pct GB San Francisco 25 18 .568 — Los Angeles 21 22 .488 3½ Colorado 20 21 .488 3½ Arizona 20 24 .455 5 San Diego 18 25 .419 6½ ——— Friday’s Games Atlanta 7, Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 2, Colorado 1 N.Y. Mets 3, Milwaukee 2 Seattle 8, Cincinnati 3 Washington 4, Miami 1 Arizona 11, St. Louis 7 Chicago Cubs 8, San Francisco 1 San Diego 7, L.A. Dodgers 6 Saturday’s Games Atlanta (Perez 1-1) at Philadelphia (Morgan 1-1), 12:05 p.m. Arizona (Ray 2-2) at St. Louis (Leake 2-3), 1:05 p.m. Colorado (Chatwood 5-3) at Pittsburgh (Niese 4-2), 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Davies 1-3) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-1), 1:10 p.m. Seattle (Hernandez 3-3) at Cincinnati (Lamb 0-1), 1:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Lester 4-2) at San Francis- co (Cain 0-5), 4:15 p.m. Washington (Ross 3-3) at Miami (Fernan- dez 5-2), 4:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Wood 1-3) at San Diego (Vargas 0-2), 7:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m. Seattle at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m. Washington at Miami, 10:10 a.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia, 10:35 a.m. Colorado at Pittsburgh, 10:35 a.m. Arizona at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 1:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs at San Francisco, 5:05 p.m. Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia 5 3 3 18 15 11 New York City FC 4 3 5 17 18 17 Montreal 4 3 4 16 18 16 Toronto FC 4 4 3 15 14 12 New York 4 7 1 13 14 20 D.C. United 3 5 4 13 13 14 New England 2 3 7 13 15 20 Orlando City 2 3 5 11 17 16 Columbus 2 4 4 10 12 15 Chicago 1 5 4 7 8 13 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Colorado 7 2 3 24 15 9 FC Dallas 7 4 2 23 19 19 Vancouver 6 5 2 20 20 20 Los Angeles 5 1 4 19 24 12 San Jose 5 3 3 18 15 14 Real Salt Lake 5 3 2 17 14 14 Sporting KC 5 6 2 17 13 14 Seattle 4 5 1 13 10 12 Portland 3 6 3 12 17 22 Houston 3 6 2 11 18 19 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Friday’s Games Philadelphia 1, D.C. United 0 Saturday’s Games New York at New York City FC, Noon Houston at Chicago, 2 p.m. Columbus at Toronto FC, 2 p.m. Montreal at Orlando, 4:30 p.m. FC Dallas at New England, 4:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Sporting KC, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Seattle, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games Vancouver at Portland, 1:30 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 4 p.m. Golf PGA Tour AT&T Byron Nelson Scores At TPC Four Seasons Resort Irving, Texas Purse: $7.3 million Yardage: 7,166; Par: 70 Friday Second Round Ben Crane 65-63—128 -12 Brooks Koepka 65-64—129 Jordan Spieth 64-65—129 Bud Cauley 64-65—129 -11 Sergio Garcia 63-66—129 Wes Roach 64-66—130 -10 Bryce Molder 66-65—131 Patrick Rodgers 67-65—132 Danny Lee 63-69—132 -8 Dustin Johnson 64-68—132 Freddie Jacobson 64-68—132 Tom Hoge 64-68—132 -8 Matt Kuchar 65-67—132 Adam Hadwin 66-66—132 Hudson Swafford 66-66—132 Kyle Reifers 68-65—133 -7 Jason Dufner 66-67—133 D.A. Points 71-62—133 -7 Johnson Wagner 63-70—133 Chez Reavie 67-66—133 Charley Hoffman 67-66—133 Scott Stallings 67-66—133 Colt Knost 70-63—133 -7 Martin Flores 65-68—133 Steve Marino 69-64—133 -11 -11 -11 -9 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 Horse Racing Preakness Odds The ield for Saturday’s 141st Preakness Stakes: PP Horse Jockey Odds 1. Cherry Wine Lanerie 20-1 2. Uncle Lino Perez 20-1 3. Nyquist Gutierrez 3-5 4. Awesome Speed Toledo 30-1 5. Exaggerator Desormeaux 3-1 6. Lani Take 30-1 7. Collected Castellano 10-1 8. Laoban Geroux 30-1 9. Abiding Star Acosta 30-1 10. Fellowship Lezcano 30-1 11. Stradivari Velazquez 8-1 Post time: 3:18 p.m.